Rurikid Dynasty Family Tree | Rurik the Viking to Ivan the Terrible

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Chart: Matt Baker
Script/Narration: Jack Rackam / @jackrackam
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[@cormacmacsuibhne2867]

My friend got me this chart and the western one for my eighteenth birthday.

[@victorhugofranciscon7899]

You have a pretty good friend. I wished mine did that.

[@Zach-mw5so]

Victor Hugo Franciscon I have to have a friend in order for that to happen :/

[@MalachiCo0]

That's pretty cool

[@karent9353]

Because he doesn’t play those nasty video games that rot your mind

[@MalachiCo0]

@@karent9353 this looks like bait

[@shaevor5680]

It is easy to confuse the two cities named Novgorod. The city of Vladimir is half way between Moscow and Nizhniy Novgorod. The Novgorod mentioned in all other instances in this video is Velikiy Novgorod.

[@skymaster4743]

Velikiy Novgorod is the oldest city which was the seat of power for several Russian rulers including Alexander Nevsky who beat the Swedes and the Teutonic Knights. Nizhny Novgorod on the river Volga was founded an oupost of Moscovite power and served as the rallying point for the Second Peoples' Militia led by Prince Pozharsky and Kuzma Minin which defeated the Poles in 1612 during the Times of Trouble.

[@leper2698]

Нижний Новгород был основан как опорный пункт для Владимирским княжеством в 1221 году а не Москвой

[@marcusaurelius4941]

I know these are proper names but they would be so much easier to remember for English speakers if their pre-names were translated instead of transliterated into what seems like gibberish for Anglophones

[@zeoxyman]

Nizhny = Lower (I'm guessing down-river) Velikiy = Great

[@akikolehmainen88]

It's usually left out from these charts that the grandmother of the first Romanov emperor was a Rurikid princess.

[@kuafer3687]

Yep, came here to say this. Genetically Romanovs are Rurikids too.

[@elizavetamainfield15]

In fact, that's pretty much how new houses start ruling, by a long and very likely forgotten female line, hence the name change

[@pannakocka]

well, Volodymyr the Great couldn't choose between Catholics and Orthodox, since they were one church until the East-West Schism of 1054

[@Rahmatow]

But he chose between Constantinople and Rome and that means a lot

[@christiankalinkina239]

*Vladimir

[@TheOneCalledSloth]

*Valdimar

[@dralodolitle5420]

Volodymyr the Great born in Western Ukraine, Volyhan to be exact,?, so that would make his genetics what exactly,??

[@Aeg0r]

@@dralodolitle5420 when Vladimir* was born, there was no such thing as ukraine lmao.

[@Crick1952]

Saint Olga is my favorite female figure from medieval history An absolute badass

[@dralodolitle5420]

She was do you know how she got revenge for the killing of her husband Ihor/Igor,?. She tied fire cinders to birds feet and flew them to enemies being the Drevlians, . At the time everything was made from wood, and roof tops were made from straw,?. The red hot fire cinders burnt down the enemies kingdom over night giving her the victory.

[@younghistory7417]

She’s my 36th grandma😀. The one saint im related to is a Orthodox killer

[@wowwow9679]

@@younghistory7417 yeah sure

[@younghistory7417]

@@wowwow9679 don’t believe me?

[@shmoola]

@@dralodolitle5420 Not only that, she had actually requested that each household would give her a pigeon form under their roof as a symbolic tax. So that the fire starts in each house.

[@abrvalg321]

Great tree but here are some mistakes: 1) 1:42 he conquered the city or soon to be city (it was formed as a merger of 5 settlements) 2) 2:54 Moscow most likely didn't exist at that time as it was 1st mentioned at 1147 3) 5:18 he attempted to unify/reform pagan religion but failed at it and decided to adopt an established one. His choice was purely political (as it would make him a likely ally of Byzantines but also grant control over church). But the legend is often resided like that: news went around that he was looking for new religion, so messengers came to his court. He listened to muslims but let them go as drinking was forbidden. Then jews (from Hazaria not Israel) and he asked them about their home if god has abandoned them (as Hazaria was defeated in 969. Next were catholics and he asked them who held power in land monarch or Pope. They said Pope and he let them go. Unsatisfied with ambassador he launched his own to learn about foreign religion and it went like video describes it. 4) 10:52 It's usually called tributary but ok 5) 14:26 that coat of arms was later adopted but ok 6) 24:15 and was also considered mentally ill

[@Decumos]

Also Vasily the Third's dates are wrong.

[@Boyar300AV]

Kyiv aslo did not exist. It was Kiev or Kiow until very 20th century.

[@abrvalg321]

@@Boyar300AV it's a variation of the same name

[@AlohaKavebear]

Vasily IV, Michael Romanov’s predecessor, was also a Rurikid descended from Yaroslav III, a brother of Alexander Nevsky

[@revinhatol]

What's the connection?

[@spookyshark632]

I feel the Russians' struggle against gavelkind on a spiritual level.

[@JackRackam]

Same here, and just think how long it took them to sort it out

[@boshi9]

@dota vinkz Why are you posting this nonsense? Varangians were not Estonian. In fact there was no concept of "Estonia" at the time.

[@wokeuplikethis7729]

If you play crusader kings you can relate to this

[@bishopthefool]

They didn't understand that you have to assassinate your sons until there's only one left...

[@Roshenera]

Very cool, but Ruriks are not Russian. They are Normans.

[@AleksandraLapaeva]

Dimitry of Don deserves an honorable mention for the epic battle of Kulikovo which played a big role in gaining independence from the mongols.

[@frederickthegreat1352]

Will you eventually make a video covering Bohemian/Czech monarchs? I feel like they are probably the last European nation that hasnt been covered yet. And I know you did the Habsburg family tree, which covers them partially, but still, thats only since 1526, while Bohemian monarchy dates at least to the 9th century. I think Bohemia should get its own dedicated video.

[@Macion-sm2ui]

YES! Exactly.

[@Zach-mw5so]

Thank you I’ve been asking for a while. Hopefully your comment will get enough likes so he can see :)

[@airellecarol5043]

@@Zach-mw5so liked! Hopefully he see this!

[@DominikEndl]

Would love to see that

[@RexOlafusVidulusMagnus]

@James Bolton exactly

[@nonameuserua]

12:40 Vladimir is between Moscow and *Nizhni* Novgorod, a different place located a thousand miles away from Novgorod, a fortress and the easternmost outpost of the principality built on the Volga only by 1221 in order to control the newly annexed Mordovia and tax the trade traffic on the river; literally Lower Newtown. Back in 1999, the government finally changed the original Novgorod’s name to Velikiy Novgorod, Great Newtown, thus ending this centuries-old confusion. Even Russians mix them up frequently, although the locals never see any links between the two and refer to their city simply as Nizhni or colloquially Nino. UPD the very Moscow as a real city wasn’t a thing at the time yet

[@dralodolitle5420]

Many don't know the truth between Ukrainians and Russians, this explains the Ukrainian branch and Russian branch very well.

[@nonameuserua]

dRALO DOLITLE How? All the cities mentioned are located in modern Russia

[@user-um1tj5nm1g]

@@dralodolitle5420 yea,, ukarians have russian+polish+turcic roots, they look almost same, you never find a difference before you ask one. ethnic relatives

[@dralodolitle5420]

@@user-um1tj5nm1g Ethnic make up is completely different to Russian. Its actually the Russian Princes that Married Monghol, Turkic, Crimean princesses from the East if you follow history you will know this. This is what made Moscow. Ukrainian Rus, Halych and Volyhan were more intermarried with Poles, Hungarians etc.But you are right to this day and age we are all now mixed, there is no getting away from it the diversity is beautiful.

[@dralodolitle5420]

@@user-um1tj5nm1g But you need to remember that the Western Early Rus branch is Ukrainian, which existed well before the Eastern which makes modern Russians as the family tree explains. I know back then would have been known as Red Rus/ Ruthenian as Ukrainians as the term Ukrainian was not used. Black and White Rus would be modern Eatern Russians which are Moksha/, who have far more Asian ethnic roots Im talking back then btw not now as we are all now pretty much mixed. I will agree with you that now many Ukrainians are darker which will be to do with Hungarian, Romanian, Polish/ and Lithuanian and Slovak, German etc etc. Russian, Mongol , Tartar, etc etc but we all as neighbours now have a little of everything.

[@Ardunafeth]

Vladimir is not half way between Moscow and Novgorod. Maybe Nizjni Novgorod, but that's an entirely different city.

[@eddiehancockii]

Been wanting this for a while! Thanks!

[@DonPedroTheDude]

Thank goodness. I looked for this chart a few weeks ago and was disappointed you hadn't produced it!

[@dawnpicota9115]

love your videos hope to see many more!

[@mctielpresidente]

3:35 "She 'subjugated' the tribe that had killed her husband,..." "Subjugated" is an understatement. How she 'subjugated' the Drevlian tribe is a story that leads to legends. Let me just say that you do NOT wanna cross St. Olga.

[@adriennemarierozario6591]

Didn't she have the tribe in question essentially burned alive after locking them in a building? Oh yeah & it was said to have been a "heavenly fire" that started the arson.

[@BiglerSakura]

Well, early medieval subjugations weren't mild and peaceful anywhere.

[@sacredsunofukraine]

That murderou Olga burn my city Korosten( Iskorosten). I born from ashes and was growing up on Drevlianska street in Korosten. Christianity always made saint from murderou.

[@pelinalwhitestrake3367]

She burned the entire Drevlian city by using pigeons and sparrows.

[@omeramitai2593]

I have been waiting for half a year! Never clicked a video quicker

[@NorbertSD]

This may be a controversial one, but here's an idea for a future family tree video: The Westboro Baptist Church family tree. Most of the "church" is made up of just one family (the Phelps family). You could also talk about in a video in that family tree about some ex-members of Westboro and why they left the church (like Nathan Phelps and Megan Phelps-Roper). Just a little warning: It's going to be a very wide family tree. Westboro members have a LOT of children. Fred Phelps had 13 children.

[@M-CH_]

Let's not water those weeds.

[@Crick1952]

@@M-CH_ I agree with you, but am also morbidly curious about this...

[@hamnchee]

DO IT

[@kacperfrontczak1257]

​@@M-CH_How is a study of a family tree "watering weeds"?

[@M-CH_]

@@kacperfrontczak1257 They thrive on the attention people give them.

[@dralodolitle5420]

You are absolutely BRILLIANT,!!!?, thanks for all this means so much

[@thomasdixon4373]

Finally been waiting for this one! Awesome vid as always, can't wait for more African monarchies

[@maxpower2592]

Vlad the Great Is/Was Black

[@JG-my9mj]

Your videos always make my day!

[@derickgoh5272]

Another long yet great video!!!

[@dennisaur66]

I like the addition of the maps. Helpful

[@berkowk]

Actualy Sviatopolk didn't rebelled against his father (Vladimir the Great), he wasn't even born at that time. And because Vladimir took his brother's wife it's possible that Yaropolk was his father. Also some sources independent from kievan rulers (Icelandic saga) point out that it was Yaroslav the Wise who ordered his brothers (Boris and Gleb) assassination by icelandic mercenaries.

[@allethargic5520]

Vladimir the Great also was called the Red Sun. Sad that Romanov rulers got such boring nicknames, their Rurikid predecessors were much more creative.

[@KomalPatel]

The Russians have the best nicknames tho. Moneybag, terrible eyes, big nest.

[@DmitryNetsev]

Red Sun is a nicname of prince from tales. Real Vladimir the Saint newer calling "the Red Sun".

[@Brandonhayhew]

The world got modernized

[@halam899live8]

Great video today keep it up your doing amazing job

[@GamesCooky]

It must take a lot of time to make these charts. Very impressive.

[@collinssportstalk7504]

This video is made to perfection. I always had a passion for learning Eastern European history and I think this is another amazing eastern country to talk about. Good job Matt.

[@UsefulCharts]

This one was mostly Jack. Thanks Jack 🙂

[@clawsoon]

@@UsefulCharts One nitpick: Dates for Vasily III appear to be wrong - looks like a copy-and-paste from Ivan the Great.

[@collinssportstalk7504]

Jack Rackam has a good voice.

[@Gingerbreadley]

Love seeing the colab always spices things up. Could you do a who would be Emperor of China today?

[@keithharper32]

the Mandate of Heaven would not allow the restoration of a fallen dynasty. So it's whoever takes the throne next (which the way things are going will be the Xi Emperors soon)

[@SeanHiruki]

Darth Annoying god I hope so. China needs another Han Dynasty or Tang Dynasty. The house of Liu might not be able to come back in to power but China sure as hell could use a family like them

[@Artur_M.]

Great video! I love when you cover this side of Europe. One correction I would like to add is that obviously neither Ivan III nor IV -conquered- reunited all of the original Rus' because large parts of it were under the Polish or Lithuanian rule, including Kyiv/Kiev itself. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was in many ways a succesor-state of Rus'; Ruthenian (Ruski) was its main official language, the Orthodox Rus elites (including a number of the Rurikid lines) played an important role in the realm and some Lithuanians, even members of the Giedyminid dynasty were asimilating with their culture (that is until the Polish culture gradualy started to have greater influence). A good ilustration of that is the great battle of Orsha in 1514, where the Lithuanian and Polish forces under the Grand Hetman of Lithuania Konstanty Ostrogski defeated the Muscovites, stopping them from reuniting some more Rus lands. This event is celebrated today by many Ukrainians and Belarusians and Ostrogski himself was not only an Orthodox Ruthenian but also a Rurikid prince!

[@serbianstallion8321]

Can't wait for Lithuanians to come and deny this.

[@Artur_M.]

@@serbianstallion8321 Hopefully they won't. I've seen people claiming that modern Lithuanians aren't the "real ones" in the historical sense and I understand why this pisses them off. I want to stress that I didn't mean it that way. I also have seen some Lithuanians being chill despite all that, acknowledging the mixed character of the Grand Duchy and being supportive of Belarusians viewing the same shared legacy as the base of their national identity.

[@radziwill7193]

The fact is that Kievan Rus is a historical term of the 19th century. The country was called Ruska land. And rus is the prince's warrior.

[@Artur_M.]

@@radziwill7193 You mean the whole term "Kievan Rus", right? I'm certain that Rus' (with the soft s - Русь, Ruś whichever spelling you prefer, Latinized as Ruthenia) was a name of land (or lands) for much longer.

[@radziwill7193]

@@Artur_M. In fact, Rus (Ros) was called by foreigners. Rus as the name of the state appeared with the title "Tsar of All Rus" after copying from "Patriarch of All Rus." by the way, the modern name Russia is also a Latinized name from the Romans.

[@Minecratify]

"he wasn't a Swede, he was a Rus". Yes true. Becuse no one was Swedish. Rus, probably comes from Roslagen in east Uppland in modern Sweden so he comes from "Sweden"

[@greninjamastergabe6452]

Sweden as a kingdom didn't exist yet, and it still had two main peoples, the Svers and the Geats. The country is named after the Svers, as is the Swedish name of the country, Sverige.

[@olleani]

@@greninjamastergabe6452 *Svear, in weather reports you can still hear them say Svealand, which includes Dalarna, Uppland, Värmland, Närke, Västmanland and Södermanland (Sörmland).

[@LancesArmorStriking]

Right. Although it's hard to draw a clear line of continuity from one to other, much like there's dispute over who can claim to be the Kievan Rus' "successor". The Rus definitely had elements of what we would today classify as Swedish culture, but probably didn't identify as Swedish themselves.

[@Literally-Brian]

Rus' is just a bastardized version of "Ruotsi" which is the Finnish/Estonian word for Swedes. Swedish Vikings often employed Finnish translators when navigating the rivers of eastern Europe. These Finnish translators used Ruotsi when referring to the Swedes even when talking to other Finno-Ugric and Slavic tribes, spreading the word around eastern Europe. After this, the Swedish settlements along the Volga started to be called "Ruotsi settlements", which eventually became "Rus settlements". When the state of Kievan Rus was eventually created all Slavic and Finno-Ugric peoples started to refer to themselves as Russians. So to summarize, there's a distinct difference between the original Rus and the Rus after the formation of Kievan Rus. Before the state, it was just the eastern European word for Swedes, after the formation of the state it was just another word for the general inhabitants of the state, mainly Slavic peoples.

[@Literally-Brian]

@Tom Fury The primary chronicle is a shaky source. It probably got the broad strokes correct, but not the finer details. It’s been proven that East Norse people’s from the area that’s now Sweden traveled through the rivers in Eastern Europe. We can go back and forth on whether they were exactly Swedish or not, but they were all East Norse, which was the equivalent to Swedes at the time. When it comes to the DNA it proves nothing. The Vikings didn’t make up the majority of a population, they were the vast minority, only existing in upper classes.

[@kaloarepo288]

Rognega of Polotsk is an interesting figure -there is an 19th century Russian opera by the composer Serov.

[@helenapalatova4268]

There is a literal error: One of Vladimir II’s son is YaropoLk (nor Yaropok) II. Also, it’s interesting to mention, that his brother Yuri Longarm (and also one of the sons of Vladimir II Momomakh)-is famous because it was his time, when Moscow’s name appeared for the first time. Of course, there were people living there before, but it’s because of him Moscow chose its official establishment date as 1147. And just in case I say, that he didn’t have long arms lol, and Dolgoruky means “far-reaching”, and it’s the best description of his politics.

[@emkalina]

While it's a common belief that Sviatopolk killed Boris and Gleb, some historians claim it was actually Yaroslav's doing. Yaroslav's daughter Anna brought a Gospel in Church Slavonic to France which became the Gospel that French kings used to swear their oath. There is a legend that over time the French forgot its origins and started to believe it was writer in mystic angelic language until Peter the Great visited France in the XVIII century and read it.

[@dralodolitle5420]

I need to watch this AGAIN,?, but very much SPOT ON WELL DONE, this explains everything thanks you.

[@ce207]

Most of all Ruric was Hrorekr of Uteland, who later ruled in Rustringen, from where "lyudi rustii" of early Russian Cronicles, finelly came to Novgorod.

[@Sandra.Molchanova]

Correction: Svyatopolk was the OLDER brother of Boris and Gleb, and the guys were 14 and 16 years old at the time of their death. They weren't babies, but they were still very young, and that's why Svyatopolk became the Accursed - he murdered not only his brothers but children

[@kristoffer-2614]

Some Rus leaders with their real, Old Swedish and Old West Norse, names: Rurik (Rörik) - (first Rus king) Sineus (Signjot) and Truvor (Torvard) - (Ruriks brothers) Oleg (Helge) - (Kievan ruler after Rurik) Igor (Ingvar) - (Ruriks son) Saint Olga (Helga) - (Saint and ruler of Kiev) Vladimir the Great (Valdemar) - (Prince of Novgorod and Kiev who fled home to Sweden, asembeled a Viking Army and reconquered Novgorod from his brother) Yaroslav the Wise (Jarizleifr Valdamarsson) - (first Christian Prince of Kiev) Askold (Hǫskuldr) - (prince of Kiev and founder of the first Vikings' state in the Dnieper basin)

[@rafidarramdhanr3487]

Wow I need more, who else

[@ded_omlt4934]

Well, names Yaroslav (Yarilo - Slavic god), Mstislav (Mest' - revenge), Svyatoslav (Svyatost' - holiness), Vyacheslav, Miroslav (Mir - peace), Bronislav (Bronya - armor), Vladislav, Dobroslav (Dobro - kind) etc. are purely russian/east slavic, not norse or swedish

[@kristoffer-2614]

@@ded_omlt4934 True👍 There was a lot of intermarrying between the local ethnic groups (Slavs and Finns) and the small amount of ”Vikings” that lived in Kievan Rus (including Rurik and his people). Sooner or later these Norse Vikings mixed with the local slavs and finns and most of the descendents of the Norse ended up being more or less normal slavs/finns with normal, local names. This include the Rurik Dynasti who ended up being more or less normal Russian slavs. So these people having slavic names and culture is not suprising.

[@amann9963]

Igor, Gleb, Oleg, Olga - these Russian names come from Old Norse

[@amalgama2000]

Prior to Svjatoslav, yes, but after, all names were Slavic (or Greek after Christianization). Yaroslav and Vladimir are Slavic. You may find them both in Western and South Slavic countries. There can be equivalents though German, Baltic and Slavic tribes have had the same Indo-European origin after all.

[@user-so7ri6hy8s]

Dynasty of Rurykids ruled 862-1598 and 1606-1610 and Vasyliy 4 Shuyskiy is a last member of the dynasty of Rurykids in russian throne, because descendant of Andrey of Suzdal and Vasyliy Kirdiapa who belong to Suzdal branch of Rurykids. And dynasty of Rurykids in the male line still exists!

[@larsmunch4536]

It was mentioned, that Mstislav married a Swedish princess. We could also mention, that their daughters (with the Nordic names Ingeborg and Malmfrid) were married into Nordic royalty. Malmfrid was married twice, first to a Norwegian king and then to a Danish. Ingeborg was married to the first duke of Schleswig, and their son, who was born a week after the murder of his father, and who was named after his great-grandfather Vladimir Monomach, became king Valdemar 1st of Denmark.

[@QueenY-co7es]

Love it especially “the big nest” and down

[@Robi2009]

Error on 21:50 - Vasily has Ivan's reign dates

[@ostapkrynytskyy1550]

You should do the Bounty mutineers from Pitcairn Island family tree chart. Would be very interesting.

[@TatyanaSZabanova]

Probably some interesting detail is that for most of the described period, the inheritance there worked somewhat differently from the european ways, with the eldest male inheriting (so if a person dies, his brother inherits rather than his children). TBH it was a bit of mix of both, leading to conflicts each generation.

[@explosivereactionstv7414]

Last time i was this early, Helgi wasn’t a legitimized bastard in ck2 yet

[@abrvalg321]

@@heberthr.6978 Helgi was either a distant relative of Rurik or miltary commander (Igor's regent). In CK2 game he's assigned as his son.

[@radziwill7193]

I think Helgi was Rurik's personal sorcerer. He was called "prophetic" and nowhere is there an explanation why.

[@explosivereactionstv7414]

@@radziwill7193 to be fair, anything before 1000 ce in some parts of the world is unknown. We don’t even know if Ragnar is a real person or not. After all, most of the sagas that were wet in about that time were completed centuries after the fact

[@radziwill7193]

@@explosivereactionstv7414 Sure. We don't even know very well what happened in the 20th century.

[@abrvalg321]

@@radziwill7193 I've looked it up. He was either Rurik's tribesman or brother of his wife. But his nickname is unclear as language changed in 10 centuries and chronicles were compiled after christianization. There is also a legend that he had been predicted to die by his horse. Only to die of a snake bite (who lived in the horse's remains).

[@user-ml7fe9mf7x]

Интересно , спасибо.

[@askia8704]

You should make a video about who will be king of Mexico. Some people want a descendant from Agustin I, others want a relative from Maximilian I. However, when Mexico became an independent country, it's crown was offered to Ferdinand VII's brothers.

[@kingnawaffcv7513]

Luis Alfonso Romero Vargas that will be a good video

[@askia8704]

@@heberthr.6978 I want a monarchy for Mexico, I'd like an Habsburg king, however I'd like either Maximilian II (Agustin I's greatgreatgrandson) as king of Mexico.

[@askia8704]

@@heberthr.6978 I know that Mexico's monarch would be an emperor, however I think that having an emperor would be considered as imperialism.

[@kolomaznik333]

@@askia8704 Oh god, the poor brainwashed kid...

[@vincenzorutigliano5435]

He already did. The one about aztec monarchy mentions the European emperors.

[@Zach-mw5so]

Some future video ideas: 1. Bohemian/Czech Monarchs (ending with the first Habsburg, Ferdinand I, as you have a Habsburg video already.) 2. Who would be Emperor of Mexico today? 3. Who would be monarch of Central/South American countries if they declared independence from Spain and became monarchies? (Might be difficult) 4. Any other updates of older videos (I’ve noticed your video quality has improved greatly over the last 2 years. Credit to you.) :)

[@keithharper32]

they did one on who would be Aztec Emperor already. Which if you ask me is the more legitimate claimant to Mexico than either post-Independance Emperors.

[@Zach-mw5so]

Darth Annoying I’d disagree on that because both Mexican royal families have claimants to the throne today. Even if both Empires were short lived

[@cleopatraanu2203]

Very interesting!

[@user-ju8wr6fc9m]

Nothing is said about the intrigues of the nobility at court and the poisoning of many members of Ivan's family. About the murder of his son, this is just a rumor that has no reliable facts. But there are facts that all members of the royal family found an abnormal amount of arsenic in their bones. And there was a change of mood for a reason. Before that, Ivan had become seriously ill and was near death. Then the nobility tried to put on the throne instead of his son and heir, a cousin who was quiet and who was expected to be easily controlled. Therefore, when Ivan recovered, he abdicated the throne, and when he gained power, he began to persecute noble princes. He initially suspected them of poisoning his mother, his beloved wife, and now when they openly tried to kill his son. while he was lying ill. After that, he began to act.

[@kalafinwe5498]

It would be interesting if you showed the Serbian dynasty as continued from the Vukanovic dynasty, which itself descended from the Vojislavjevic dynasty. It is basically the same dynasty but the name changed every time a eponymous head founded it's own cadet branch. The Nemanjic dynasty was created by Stefan Nemanja, who was the cadet of the Vukanovic main branch at that time. And the Vukanovic dynasty from the Vojislavjevic as well, etc...

[@Cooleatack]

Would it be possible to have the map show the countries/trade routes and other features you talk about when showing it? I happen to know where everything is, but not everyone might.

[@thebudd4354]

Just discovered this channel and love it! Just ordered the chart (very reasonably priced). BTW, my friend would love to see one on the history of Buddhism.

[@linusyootasteisking]

correction: 22:10 Both Ivan III the Great and his son Vasily III have a reign in 1462-1505. Perhaps Vasily's should be 1505-1533.

[@renerpho]

22:05 Are the dates for Vasily III wrong? I think it should say 1505-1533.

[@Blalack77]

Jeez.... With the bent over trees and tying him to them and letting them go... And that's a pretty cool story how Vladimir chose which religion to follow.

[@user-wb2tm3hv8w]

It is extra interesting since I never learned Russian history is school, but learned Lithuania's history. It's like another side of the coin

[@valerk90]

That's Jack Rackam? Now that cleared up a bunch of things.

[@drzarkov39]

"Ivan" is not pronounced "EYE-van", it's pronounced "EE-vahn".

[@imokin86]

ee-VAHN actually. Most names in the video are Anglicised, the actual pronunciation in Russian is often different. And even more different in Ukrainian and Belarusian.

[@JackRackam]

@@imokin86 Exactly this - it's a name familiar enough to English speakers that it has a standard Anglicized form, and pronouncing it in Russian the entire time would be sort of strange

[@drzarkov39]

@@imokin86 The Anglicised pronunciation of Ian Fleming's name is EE-en, not EYE-an. I think you mean "Americanized", not "Anglicised".

[@imokin86]

@@JackRackam by the way, what do you think, if a native speaker of Russian presents a video on the same topic in English, should they stick to how these names typically sound in English? That is, saying vlAdimir and rOmanov, not vladEEmir and romAHnov. What would sound more natural?

[@JackRackam]

@@imokin86 Huh, that's a really interesting question. I think it would definitely make you sound more like a native English speaker, although if it were the case of your own name or a specific other person's, I could see someone wanting to go by their name as it's pronounced in Russia

[@cosmicaquinas]

I dont know if you noticed by now or not, but Vasily III has the exact same years of his reign as Ivan III the Great, which seems to be incorrect because of the gap between Vasily III’s reign and Ivan the Terrible.

[@efeningunlugu8109]

Can you make a free chart about Rurikid and the other dynasties? Because I love all your free chart and I want in this video and the others

[@tsarivanvasilyevich5796]

FINALITY!!!

[@Turalcar]

18:55 "...put an end to the system of succession..." which you didn't bother to describe

[@user-rq5fr1xp9o]

В ролике увидел две ошибки: 1. Кременчугское водохранилище, на карте, которого в 9ом веке не могло быть. 2. Имя маленького князя было Ингвар. Игорь - славянизированный, более поздний вариант.

[@drevenypribor6144]

wow I have been waiting for this one two thousand years :O

[@onehairybuddha]

"Kiev" is the English exonym for Kiev, Київ (Kyiv) is the Ukrainian and Russian spelling, but we don't use that, in the same way that we don't call Austria "Österreich", Copenhagen "København" or Grozny "Соьлжа-ГӀала" (Sölƶa-Ġala). While it would be great to speak all the languages of the world and be able to use every native name for everywhere, life's too short and exonyms are both easier and fun to have.

[@Zach-mw5so]

Exactly. I love Ukraine and Ukrainians, but with all due respect, I’m spelling it “Kiev.” That’s how I was taught as a child and I’ll continue to do it.

[@Boyar300AV]

Kiev is historically Russian since no Ukrainians lived in Kiev until very 20th century. THey moved to Kiev after Russian Revolution and establishing of Ukrainian Soviet Republic.

[@amann9963]

@@Zach-mw5so And you're not wrong. Name Kiev comes from Old Russian character named Kij and has nothing to do with modern Ukrainian pronounciation. So do not listen to them

[@dralodolitle5420]

I think some of you need to go back and look at the family tree and realise who come from who,?, also Russians came much later on after King Danilo of Ruthenia, Moscow wasn't even built at the time if when Ruthenia was ruling, was a good 1.500 years prior. You can try spin things all you want but will never except that Ruthenian ppl are your roots and that modern Russians descend from Ruthenian ppl, ie modern Ukrainians, the proof is in the video who was first,????. KIEV is Russian terminology for KYIV in Ukrainian.

[@amalgama2000]

All of you are correct and wrong at the same time. In Primary Chronicle the name of the city is Кыѥвъ - Kyev. Right in the middle. Also, there were no Russians or Ukrainians at that time. By the time of Vladimir the Great the separate East Slavic tribes only start forging in to solid Rusin identity. Belarusians, Ukrainians and Russians are equal descendants of that nation.

[@chuck430]

these are some great nicknames

[@kaloarepo288]

Haven't watched the whole video so it might have been mentioned but a Rurikid princess (Anna of Kiev) married Henry I of France so is the ancestress of a hell of a lot of European royalty!

[@alexandrugaina6912]

Can u do a video about the romainian royal family

[@justrusty]

Vasily the Adequate doesn't seem to have the right dates.

[@davidkranenburg2497]

You could say the dates are INadequate

[@tagalongtoourpast]

Khorosheye povestvovaniye, Jack Rackam!

[@stevenwilgus5422]

Igor (Ingvar) Rurikovich (Røriksen), of Kiev 878-945 BIRTH ABT. 878 • Novgorod the Great, Novgorod, Novgorod Land DEATH 945 • Korosten, Kievan Rus 28th great-grandfather

[@imokin86]

Great job, thanks! Greetings from Russia!

[@yashabykhovsky2807]

Yessss

[@colambu2919]

How many The Greats does Russia have? Rurikids: Y E S

[@user-ye8lb7uh2u]

Not "Russia", but "Rus'".

[@sael52]

@@user-ye8lb7uh2u rus is russia now.

[@user-ye8lb7uh2u]

@@sael52 No, it's not. Russia stoled this name. Moskow state was named Moskowia until 1721. And in medieval chronicles "Rus'" is the name of Kiev and lands around it. Even in XIX Ukrainians were named "rusyny". But Moskow conquered Ukraine in XVII-XVIII centeries and forbade Ukrainians from using this name

[@sael52]

@@user-ye8lb7uh2u as far as i know you guys were part of russia until bolsheviks takeover. are you saying that before the bolshevics russia started call part of it's territory ukraine?

[@user-ye8lb7uh2u]

@@sael52 Russian authorities called Ukraine mainly "Malorosya" (Little Russia) in the XVIII-XIX centuries. We have lost our state in the end of XVIII, but we have our history. It's complicated and not well known for foreigners, especially not our neighborhoods. And Russia wanted it to be so.

[@5ratsastaja]

The Russian Newsweek tested the first two Rurikid princes. The first one was Prince Dmitri Mikhailovich Shahovskoi of Paris, France, the prominent Professor at the Russian Orthodox Institute, who made the 1st Y-DNA test in the Rurikid Dynasty (at the end of 2006). Unexpectedly, he was found to belong to the genetic haplogroup N1c1 - the so-called “Finno-Ugrian”. It was found that Rurik was of Varangian origin (a sub-branch in the N1c1 genetic haplogroup). The haplogroup is most common among Finns. Quite rare among Swedes (unless they have some Finnic ancestors which was not so commong during Viking era). During the Viking/Varangian times the Baltic-Finnic tribes inhabited much larger areas than today ( for eg.present day Latvia and Sweden) and places like Gotland.

[@5ratsastaja]

@Tom Fury You don't seem to be very well informed about the Viking age history in the Baltics. Even Widsith, Exeter Book mentions Caelic Rex Fennicum (Caleva King of Finns)...and there is lot more from Al Idrisi and Sagas if ones cares to look. Caesar ruled the Greeks and Caelic the Finns, Hagena the Rugians and Heoden the Gloms. Witta ruled the

[@jokemon9547]

@Tom Fury Calling Baltic-Finnic tribes "uncivilized" would be quite ignorant and plain wrong. According to archeological evidence, the Balto Finns were on the same level in terms of technology as their Scandinavian, Baltic and later Slavic neighbours. And according to an increase in finds from the 500s to 800s, it is believed that they formed into their own local chiefdoms, not too different from for example Scandinavian petty kingdoms led by regional chiefs/kings before they unified into their own kingdoms. There is also evidence, at least in Finland, that from the 800s onwards, the Finnish tribes had a cultural and societal set back. Less metal, jewelry and other "sophisticated" item finds from this time indicate a loss in population, trade and overall structure in society. And the Finnish tribes did not fully recover from this set back leaving them as easy pickings for the coming centuries.

[@jokemon9547]

@Tom Fury If you mean a unified state or medieval kingdom, then sure. But they most definitely had chiefdoms and semi-states in place with even evidence of an early taxation/tributary systems. Also for example the net of hillforts covering the supposed Tavastian heartlands and protecting a pretty major and vital trade route for Finland, the Oxen Road of Tavastia, would suggest some sort of centralization and cooperation. But I don't see a reason to call them primitive and uncivilized just on the basis that they did not form into a united kingdom that carved itself a succesful history that is known by many like for example Sweden did. And they did repell practically all invasion attempts by their neighbours for centuries, only being subjugated when their neighbours got the support and resources of the European Christian world to fight against the "evil pagans". Must have been doing something right, eh?

[@jokemon9547]

@Tom Fury Well, Finland already had a Christian community for over 100 years before the first Swedish crusade. If Russia and Sweden did not colonize Finland for example and things played out without outside influence, Christianity probably would have overtaken the local religion and a unified Finnish state could have been possible. But this is just one possibility and way to speculate.

[@user-jd1du4yd7s]

a mistake was made in the video, the coat of arms of the Rurikovich looks like a golden diving falcon on a red background, here the Jewish-Khazar three-pronged minor is depicted on a blue background.

[@steakismeat177]

I think this is a bit of a misconception. The Rus were Swedish. They moved away from the Swedes. To this day the word for Swedish in Finnish and Estonian is Rootsi/Routsi. If you say they weren't then even modern Swedish people aren't fully "Swedish" because of their certainly mixed tribal heritage

[@overlord165]

That is merely a theory and not a hard fact

[@corrie861]

Can you do a chart on major religion timeline through history?

[@brandonrus5422]

Could you please do a tree on the Bulgarian royal family?

[@seanwelch71]

So cool! Take a nap.

[@romangonzalez4949]

I remember Saint Olga and what she did to that tribe from a Sam O'Nella video

[@speka3527]

Guys, its Kyiv, and always was (the city was named in the name of its founder Kyi). "Kiev" is in russian

[@mykelas531]

doesn't matter, its like moskva, everybody calling it moscow, i don't see russians bitching abou it

[@speka3527]

@@mykelas531 everybody calling it moscow while speaking in english, because its in english. but for some reason, while speaking in english, everybody calling Kyiv Kiev (in russian)

[@mykelas531]

@@speka3527 just like "moscow" not moskva, my point still stands

[@Aeg0r]

Founders of Kiev were Khazars, and its name was Kuiava. Stop singing yor ukrainian tales about Kiev.

[@kacperfrontczak1257]

​​@@Aeg0rThe correct term for kiev in khazar is sambat. Kuyavia is a region in poland

[@Grabovsky85]

8:42 "...even a triumvirate, that ended they way all triumvirates do." Too much ego with them.

[@JohnMcIntosh-kg7dt]

Have you a chart for the Hawaiian royal family

[@michelnowe7783]

The Romanovs are also Ruriks !!! One of the official surnames of the last Emperors of Russia was Romanov. They chose that name because some of their ancestors bore that name. But they could also have chosen the name of Rurik, as they also descended fromthe Rurik dynasty. Wikipedia Rurik dynasty : “In (1613), Mikhail I ascended the throne, founding the Romanov dynasty thatwould rule until 1762 and as Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov until the revolutions of1917. Tsar Mikhail's father Patriarch Filaret of Moscow was descended from theRurik dynasty through the female line. His mother, EvdokiyaGorbataya-Shuyskaya, was a Rurikid princess from the Shuysky branch, daughterof Alexander Gorbatyi-Shuisky. Wikipedia Catherine the Great : Although Catherine did not descend from the Romanov dynasty, her ancestorsincluded members of the Rurik dynasty, which preceded the Romanovs.

[@MarkusTronsg]

The issue, alluded to several times, was not the appointment of priests, but of bishops.

[@tyryonolofing3405]

Ok, about the last Ivan, the Terrible. He became Grand Prince when was a 5-year old child, and instead of him the true ruler was his mother's family - Glynskyie; later, there was an palace troubles, when Trubetskie tried to replace Glynskyie and kill his mother. Because of that, Ivan the terrible during beginning of his reign already was paranoid and thought, that most of his courtiers from boyarskaya duma are traitors (and yes, that was the truth). But at early days he had some people, that he had seen as loyal, and they were actually talented - Prince Kurbsckyi (he wasn't a blood Prince, no, but Tsar had a right to make any person even the Prince) ; he really believed and loved his first wife - Anastasia (Zhakharina-Koshkina-Yurieva, or just Romanova). Also his tutor - monk Silvester, and his minister Adashev. They were the ones, who inspired most of his reforms and helped him. But Silvester died in 1555, Adashev suffered from plots, and Anastasia died in 1564. That resulted a great mental break, and tsar was sured that she was killed by boyar plot. He "divorsed" Russia and taken a half to single rule, and a half left to Nikita Romanov. His territory called "Oprichnina", and other territory - " Oprichnina ". And that actually was, formally, a lawful act, expect for the fact, that " Oprichnina " men's a part of family holding, that should go to the wife of the dead man. Yes, to the wife, it's not a mistake. He later had 6 more wives one after another, but their families or them were founded unfaithful, and Kurbskyi treasoned him and joined Polish service, corrupting some of army supplies with him. That resulted an extremely harsh measuresto reunite country, and during that days, from family of just a simple horse-riding warrior from little village behind Costroma town, to the position of the most trusted and powerful Tsar's advisor was rising future Tsar, Boris Godunov, who will start by assuming throne to himself Russian-like Game of Thrones, "Time of troubles". And yes, he really looks similar to one GoT person, who also used a plot to assume throne :)

[@fabiodimiceli2218]

I think you should do a who would be the emperor of rome today 2 cause there's more claimants

[@Literally-Brian]

1:08 But aren't Rus' and Swedes the same? Rus' is just a bastardized version of "Ruotsi" which is the Finnish/Estonian word for Swedes. Swedish Vikings often employed Finnish translators when navigating the rivers of eastern Europe. These Finnish translators used Ruotsi when referring to the Swedes even when talking to other Finno-Ugric and Slavic tribes, spreading the word around eastern Europe. After this, the Swedish settlements along the Volga started to be called "Ruotsi settlements", which eventually became "Rus settlements". When the state of Kievan Rus was eventually created all Slavic and Finno-Ugric peoples started to refer to themselves as Russians. So to summarize, there's a distinct difference between the original Rus and the Rus after the formation of Kievan Rus. Before the state, it was just the eastern European word for Swedes, after the formation of the state it was just another word for the general inhabitants of the state, mainly Slavic peoples.

[@abrvalg321]

This word used to describe Rurik and his boys, later as they assimilated it was used for local land and people.

[@BurnBird1]

You're thinking backwards. Where do you think that the Finnish got the name "Ruotsi" to begin with? It derives from the Swedish area of Roslagen, north of Stockholm. Most Vikings crossing the Baltic and going to Finland and Russia would presumably be from this region and thus (since there was no united Sweden at this time) they identified with their regions and the name of this region came to represent all Swedes and all of Sweden once it was united.

[@kevinthegamer2499]

@@BurnBird1 Finnish got the name from english, row/soutaa= people who row=ruotsalaiset

[@BurnBird1]

@@kevinthegamer2499 absolutely not

[@kevinthegamer2499]

@@BurnBird1 Sorry, but it is . Roslagen that you mentioned comes even from the word that means rowing.

[@user-uj5qk7ch1d]

"Киевская Русь" - это чисто книжный термин (НЕ ИСТОРИЧЕСКИЙ) появившийся примерно 150 лет назад, никогда в истории не было такого государства или образования. Всегда была просто Русь. Другое дело, что условная столица (главный город) был разный: Ладога, Новгород, Киев, Владимир, Москва

[@PUARockstar]

Учи историю, а не российские писульки-апокрифы. Про Ладогу и Новгород вообще смешно. Хотя бы российских археологов почитай по теме. Москва была столицей московского царства, а не Руси.

[@user-uj5qk7ch1d]

@@PUARockstar и почему я не удивлён, что лечить меня прибежит голозадый хохол ))) Привет тебе от Москвы, скоро и в Киеве будут единые с Москвой учебники, буквально с сентября 2024 ;)

[@levimcglinchey5843]

7:01 !! The Spanish Inquisiti-oh..

[@mrXOwarrior]

Why does Ivan III and Vasily II have the same years for their reigns? Who rules between Vasily II and Ivan IV?

[@emuseu2235]

Do you ever take requests? There was another Viking named Tancrede who had twelve sons. These became crusaders and Count in France (Normandy) became the 'De Tankervilles' and the English Chamberlains. I can never find information on this family everything is in French

[@dhalps23]

Sviatopolk (The Accursed) was supposedly a son of Yaropolk… However he may have been a son of Vladimir as his parentage has been questioned. Also, his mother was the wife of Yaropolk…

[@mathieuleader8601]

Ivan the Moneybag in my mind was Scrooge McDuck or the Manopoly Man in a previous life

[@johnvincepontemayor9197]

Do you have a pontemayoor family tree chart

[@sauronmordor7494]

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[@mattstakeontheancients7594]

Definitely understating how Olga subjugated that village that didn’t pay. She was a savage, definitely not a woman to piss off

[@tonyisepik1203]

Kiven Rus is a western term, in russia the term Old Rus has been used.

[@Aeg0r]

term "Kievan rus'" was created in Russia in 19th century, to describe period of time while kiev was capital. Author already said in the begining, that this is only a historical term, not an actual name of the state.

[@PUARockstar]

russian history narrative is a myth.